Rehaniya
Sign in to saveRehaniya (, , ), also spelled Reihaniyye, is a Circassian town in northern Israel. It is one of the only two Circassian towns in Israel, the other being Kfar Kama. Located about 8 km north of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מרום הגליל
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 1,195
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rehaniya
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Reyhaniya.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northeast#Israel
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Name meaning
- Settlement.blank_info_sec1
- Myrtle
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Council
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Merom HaGalil
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
Key dates
- Inception
- 1880
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Рихьаные
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Merom HaGalil Regional Council
- Population
- +1228
- Elevation
- +698
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Reyhaniya.jpg
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- Al-Rihaniyya
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- British Mandate era
- 1948, aftermath
- State of Israel
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Rehaniya (, , ), also spelled Reihaniyye, is a Circassian town in northern Israel. It is one of the only two Circassian towns in Israel, the other being Kfar Kama. Located about 8 km north of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
==History== The Circassians arrived in the Middle East after they were pushed out of their homeland in the North Caucasus as the result of the Circassian genocide. The Circassians, who fought during the long period wherein the Russians captured the northern Caucasus, were massacred and expelled by Tsarist Russia from the North-Western Caucasus mountains. The Ottoman Empire absorbed them in their territory, and settled them in sparsely populated areas, including the Galilee in Beirut Vilayet (Ottoman Syria).